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US-Africa Summit: Obama’s tough love well overdue – By Hank Cohen
During the three-month preparatory period prior to the US-Africa summit there was much skepticism among Africa watchers in Washington. The basis for the sentiment was the ... -
What hope for an extended ceasefire in the CAR? – By Hanna Ucko Neill
The signing of a ceasefire on 23 July between the CAR’s Seleka rebels and anti-Balaka fighters raised some hopes of a political solution after more than ... -
How To Be A Great African Writer – By Elsie Eyakuze
There is an argument out there that the category ‘African Writer’ should not exist because it creates a ghetto in which people get incarcerated by accident ... -
Can artist campaigns help reunite the centre and the periphery in Sudan? – By Reem Abbas
In the 1990s, as the war continued to escalate in Southern Sudan, Northern Sudanese activists arrived in conflict-affected areas in what was called a “˜peace convoy’. ... -
REVIEW – Another Man’s War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain’s Forgotten African Army – By Keith Somerville
On 11th November 1987, I was walking past Independence Square in Accra after yet another trek out to Osu Castle to try to arrange an interview ... -
Ebola in Liberia: Anatomy of a Politicized Response – By Richard Akum
In March, 2014, I set out to explore the relationship between borderland livelihood dynamics and state-building in post-war Liberia. I was working from the premise that ... -
US-Africa summit showcases continent’s expanding economies – By Hannah Waddilove
This week’s US-Africa Summit was an unprecedented event. Forty-five African leaders gladly attended, and as other analysis wryly pointed out, unlike the recent EU-Africa Summit, the ... -
Addis dispatches: at the IGAD peace talks for South Sudan
The excuse was laughable, if tragic. Explaining that the “˜banks are closed’ for the Eid-al-Fitr and Martyrs’ Day holidays, the government of South Sudan delegation stated ... -
One hundred years on, we must not forget Africa’s role in the First World War – By Richard Dowden
One hundred years ago this week, self regarding, ignorant and weak leaders with the primitive belief that God was on their side, ancient tribal hatreds and ... -
Libya is fast following Somalia’s road to ruin – we must act now to stop it – By Richard Bailey
With Gaza, Ukraine and Iraq dominating the news, nobody is paying much attention to the violence in Tripoli that is swiftly tipping Libya over the edge. ...
